Three years ago, Pete Yorn contacted Scarlett Johansson about recording a duets album. He wanted to create something with a '60s vibe like Serge Gainsbourg's recordings with Brigitte Bardot.
Yorn didn't know if Johansson could sing, but thought she would be a good fit.
"The Wettest County in the World," a film project about Depression-era bootleggers, is making waves among some of Hollywood's leading young actors, who are drawn to its colorful setting, mystery elements and meaty roles.
"Wettest" is a sweeping, historical crime drama of the American South, based on author Matt Bondurant's grandfather and two great-uncles -- three brothers who made up a fie...more